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Solano board supports Lum winery project; rejects appeal meeting with project owner Derrick Lum, a fourth-generation farmer FAIRFIELD — Solano in the valley. County will be getting a The meeting was new winery, and appar- facilitated by 3rd Disently, a new “good trict Supervisor neighbor policy.” Wanda Williams. The Board of Esther Pryor, Supervisors on the president of Tuesday denied the association, the appeal of told the supera November visors that after Planning Commeeting with Lum mission decision the only real issue to approve a use left to deal with permit for E&C is the impact the Winery, which WILLIAMS winery and correwill sit on 70 acres at the sponding special events corner of Rockville and will have on area traffic. Russell roads. “The county needs to At full build out, the further study the traffic winery could produce flow,” Pryor said. up to 500,000 gallons of Pryor and others who wine – one of the largest supported the appeal in Suisun Valley. It will are less concerned about be a “custom crush” the immediate impacts facility, which will allow from the winery, which small- and medium-sized has a first-phase prowinemakers to bring duction volume of up to their grapes to E&C for 125,000 gallons. processing. Their concerns are The Rockville Home- more about the cumulaowners Association had tive effects the project, appealed the Planning along with the seven existCommission decision ing wineries and several based on a host of con- other large projects cerns – all but one falling to the wayside after See Winery, Page A9
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Construction equipment is set up for the Broadway Project in Vallejo, Tuesday.
Vallejo to get $6M for shelter projects, supportive housing Todd R. Hansen
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FAIRFIELD — A 48-bed permanent supportive housing project on Broadway Street in Vallejo will get the final $3 million it needs for construction funding, plus $1.05 million for furnishings and short-term staffing. The project, along with $2 million toward a 125-bed navigation center in Vallejo, were described as critical to battle the largest homeless problem in the county. The Solano County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday followed the recommendations of the newly organized CAP Solano in approving those two projects and two others for federal American Rescue Plan Act pandemic relief dollars. All created places where the home-
less or at-risk residents can be placed. “I have to say: I saw something amazing, something that I’ve never seen before,” Supervisor Mitch Mashburn said about a recent meeting of the CAP Solano board, for which he is the chairman. MASHBURN What he was talking about was a consensus on project priorities during which the elected city council and county board members put their own jurisdictional needs aside in favor of the projects that will create the most shelter, transitional and other housing. The supervisors had more difficulty in finding that connectivity. Mashburn, despite supporting the project sitting on the CAP
Solano board, voted with Supervisor John Vasquez against the full funding of the supportive housing project, and voted against the full funding for the navigation center. While a final vote on actual funding approval will come Feb. 28 – which will take four votes to pass – the board also supported $800,000 to Shelter Solano to complete its commercial kitchen and some maintenance needs at its location on Beck Avenue in Fairfield. Another $300,000, which had been earmarked for the kitchen project when the facility was Mission Solano, will be added to the total. When that project is completed, See Vallejo, Page A9
Fairfield council OKs Housing Element; sends document to state Todd R. Hansen
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In State of the Union, a feisty Biden calls for bipartisanship Tribune Content Agency WASHINGTON — In a State of the Union address that began as a bipartisan appeal, President Biden appeared combative and feisty at times as he sparred with Republicans over his legislative record, the federal deficit and border security. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., at one point tried to quiet hecklers who shouted as the president called on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform and help him address border security. Biden, who spoke for roughly an hour, sought to reassure Americans that he has repaired the economic damage wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. He reminded his critics that he has repeatedly defied predictions that he would be unable to work across the aisle.
“I don’t want to ruin your reputation,” Biden quipped to McCarthy early in his speech, “but I look forward to working with you.” The president has yet to announce whether he’s officially running for reelection, but aides say he’ll make a decision in the coming weeks. His prime-time speech before a divided Congress and millions of Americans was an opportunity to celebrate the legislation he has signed, explain his efforts to curb inflation and lay out his vision for the next two years The address was also an opportunity for Biden to soft-launch his all but certain 2024 campaign, reaffirming his pitch that he’s a steady hand who’s built his career on bipartisanship. “We’re often told that
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Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.), right, listen as President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Tuesday.
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FAIRFIELD — The City Council on Tuesday approved the 2023-31 Housing Element, a section in the General Plan that defines the strategy to meet housing needs at all income levels. That includes an inventory of existing housing stock and areas of the city available for housing. “One of the fundamental parts of the Housing Element is the Regional Housing Needs Assessment,” said Alison Moore, a consultant with Dyett & Bhatia, which helped put the document together. Work began about a year ago. The document will now go to the state Department of Housing and Community Development for certification.
The agency has 60 days to make a determination, but had already sent the city a letter outlining certain areas of concern after a preliminary review. David Feinstein, the interim director for Community Development, did not specify those areas but said the comments were largely about putting in more metrics to track information. The city was allocated 3,069 housing units within its Regional Housing Needs Assessment allocation, of which 792 have to be for very low incomes, or less than 50% of the city’s average median income of $54,350; 464 units for low income of 50% to 80% of the median income ($54,350 and $86,960); 539 units for moderate income of 80% to 120% See Council, Page A9
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